East Turkana - Area 104 - KBS: Gelasian - Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Leakey 1982
Labeo sp.
Schwartz 1983 2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Homo aff. erectus (Dubois 1892)
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Australopithecus boisei Leakey 1959
Isaac 1997 5 specimens
recombined as Paranthropus boisei
Australopithecus cf. boisei Leakey 1959
Isaac 1997 2 specimens
recombined as Paranthropus boisei
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982
Leakey 1982 2 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Harris 1991 6 specimens
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Giraffa pygmaea Harris 1976
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 0 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 15 specimens
aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 4 specimens
"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
Harris 1991 7 specimens
Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Gazella cf. janenschi
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 6 specimens
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Small Alcelaphini dentitions
Parmularius cf. angusticornis (Schwarz 1937)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Megalotragus isaaci
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 13 specimens
cf. Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Harris 1991 15 specimens
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 9 specimens
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 7 specimens
Kobus cf. leche Gray 1850
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 9 specimens
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby 1833)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Damaliscus cf. niro (Hopwood 1936)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Hippotragus niro
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 27 specimens
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958
Harris 1983 1 specimen
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 23 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
Harris 1991 4 specimens
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Harris 1983 3 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Eisenmann 1983 17 specimens
Equus koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 5 specimens
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Eisenmann 1983 3 specimens
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Hipparion sp. B
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
Harris 1991 3 specimens
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 4 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 6 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki atavus
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 4 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki ileretensis
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki subsp. indet.
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Leakey 1982
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
Schwartz 1983 1 specimen
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
Leakey 1982
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Harris 1991 3 specimens
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.0° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 36.1° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:Calabrian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:KBS
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote tuffs radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: mudstone, caliche, bioclastic nature
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: complex fluvial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:366 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 122, 121, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 178, Area 104-KBS,
Database number:21370
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1993-02-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-04-05 04:34:36
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4469.ETE 104J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]

Secondary references:

10215ETE M. Beden. 1983. Family Elephantidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:40-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10216ETE V. Eisenmann. 1983. Family Equidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:156-214 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10214ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Deinotheriidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:22-39 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10217ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Suidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:215-302 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10231ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Rhinocerotidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:130-155 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10320ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Giraffidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:93-138 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10321ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Bovidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:139-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10318ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Hippopotamidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:31-85 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
8610ETE G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]
4447ETE 81M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]
4760ETE 445H. L. Schwartz. 1983. Paleoecology of Late Cenozoic Fishes from the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]